Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1994-10-07
1996-07-16
Zimmerman, Brian
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
H04Q 118
Patent
active
055371086
ABSTRACT:
A programming method in accordance with this invention partitions traces of a fuse matrix into groups wherein each group contains traces connected to fuses that are to remain intact. All of the traces in a group are connected to a first voltage so that the fuses between traces in the group are subjected to minimal currents. In one embodiment, all of the traces that are not in the group connected to the first voltage are connected to a second voltage such that a programming current passes through fuses to be programmed. In an alternative embodiment, traces in a second group are connected to the second voltage and all of the remaining traces are shorted to each other.
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